Big Data in Telecom

Traditionally telcos have been handling large volumes of call detail records (CDRs). And with the emergence of 3G and 4G and smarter devices (smart phone, tablets), the amount of CDRs continue to increase exponentially. Telecom service provides with an average of 50 million subscribers, it’s clear that how ‘Big’ the data has to be handled by Communication Service Provider (CSP) especially usage records, for their operational activities as well strategic decisions. In addition to this voluminous data other challenges are: _ Data gets generated from different network elements _ Data gets stored in multiple palaces in multiple application for the ease of managing and to meet specific business requirements Further it also carries valuable information about the customer and their behavior patterns which could be leveraged for improving the top line, bottom line and customer centricity